Comments on: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a conspiracy theory!

By: ali480

ali480 — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:07:36 +0000

The response you receive depends on your audience — their perception of religion, its history, etc. What people don’t see is that God of other religion may not be the same as God/religion that Christians have come to known. Those living in Judeo-Christian cultures tend to analyze through their own experience of religion – where Christianity was used to shun and demonize scientists and Church & State are considered separate entities. Even today, Christians (generalization alert – at least there are factions that) tend to look down upon scientific research, evolution theory, etc. While the Atheists/Agnostics ridicule anyone mentioning the word God and consider the believer non-scientific & backward. Again, it’s due to their own history & ignorance of others.

The same way Islam is hijacked by some militants, Christianity was misused/hijacked by the Clergy (embedded with Kings) to their own benefit. At least the text of the former was never changed. So, it comes as no surprise we can’t step out of our framework to realize that, perhaps, “God” followed by others has different ideologies and history. Unlike Christianity, Islam never excluded science — actually it encouraged exploration and discoveries. While the western Church was condemning astronauts, the religious men in the East were among the first to make advancement in astronomy. The west was burning witches, the non Christian religious men in the East were mapping the human body.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:57:45 +0000

@Mona
I’m sorry, Mona, I didn’t mean you, I meant the collective you…all those out there that bash or hate. Sorry!

Kelly

By: Bingkee

Bingkee — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:59:22 +0000

Mona, so far this post impresses me the most—your confidence in your beliefs. It’s great to hear that there are people like you who definitely knows who God is.
I am a Christian and I always believe that God is here with me , living in me and all these things we are experiencing; sickness, strife,and most of human problems are caused by us, humans. God gives us choices—that’s our freedom . He created us so we can have freedom to enjoy His creations—we have the responsibility to take care of His creations and our bodies. When we don’t take care of them, there are consequences, and that’s the wrath. Wrath and punishment does not come from God, it entirely originates from us.

I don’t believe in science to do all the explanation in whatever is happening around the world —science is not exact; that’s why is science. Logic is not absolute.

But all I can say somebody believes in God, God exists—in his life. The person sees God in everything–his surroundings, his relationships and his inner being. In a man’s world, everything is “to see is to believe” , but in faith in a God, “it is to believe first then you will see.” God asks us to believe in Him first before He can act on your favor. Why would things work for you, if you don’t believe first?

There are so many things that science still cannot explain. It cannot even disprove yet the existence of God. There is more difficult to prove that God does not exist than proving God exists….so why make it difficult? Just have faith and believe and you will see.

P.S. Thanks for changing my URL.

By: Mona

Mona — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:04:48 +0000

@Kelly I do respect other's beliefs. However, they don't respect mine because I disagree with them, or trying to see it from another view point than theirs.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:01:51 +0000

Any time you bring up God, you are going to be met with resistance. Some people cannot hear an opposing thought or belief without becoming inflamed. It’s unfortunate, but true.

I’m not a religious person, but I am spiritual. I respect all religious beliefs, even pagan ones, and I think everyone’s beliefs have some validity. I won’t dispute that God (or whatever one calls the higher power in their mind) has a hand in everything. Including science. For the atheist or agnostic groups who bash faith or belief in a higher power, what makes you right? Nothing. You have no proof that God does not exist. Of course we have no solid proof that God DOES exist, but that is why it is called faith.

You don’t have to agree, but you do need to respect that everyone believes differently.

Kelly

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:45:51 +0000

I like the way you stated your case. While I may (or may not) agree with your religious views, you made a very good case of your belief system and how it all ties in with science. I won’t get into a religious debate with you; I am not qualified! But I will say that I admire your courage for “going against the grain” and not falling back on the “you’re wrong, I’m right” silly old argument!

Bravo!

By: Mona

Mona — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:18:11 +0000

Thanks everyone for your open minded views of how science and religion are related.

By: brad

brad — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:00:39 +0000

I enjoy dropping by your blog each day. I find your honesty refreshing. I was intrigued by your discussion on sickness, God’s wrath, and medicine.

From my perspective as a follower of Christ we see God’s original design for us humans and the world in the Garden with Adam & Eve before the Fall. As I understand it the Garden of Eden was the world right side up and uncorrupted by sin. As a result of the Fall we live in a corrupted world. An upside down world and backwards world. Not how God desires us to live for eternity and God has a plan for making things right again. So from this perspective everything here on earth has been effected by sin. Our bodies, our relationships, nature, weather, animals, etc. have all been infected in some degree by the Fall, by human sin. To me within this context it is not hard for me to accept the fact that sin and judgment are ultimately behind all corruption and sickness including flu viruses.

I would say that anytime sin, corruption, or sickness is reversed and something is made right the work of God is being displayed. God has given us brains so we can use them to fight against sin, corruption, and sickness. To me it is part of the mercy and grace of God. Medicine to me is a glimpse of the mercy and grace of God.

To me these small battles and reversals of sin & sickness are like a preview of that day coming when all wrongs will be made right. All evil and corruption will be destroyed.

To me God’s mercy and grace are displayed in it’s ultimate form by providing humans an ultimate solution to this sin problem. The wrath of God has been satisfied in Jesus. Jesus took the punishment for us all. I love this quote by John Piper:

“The wisdom of God has devised a way for the love of God to satisfy the wrath of God without compromising the justice of God.”

peace & grace,
brad

By: Ahmed Masri

Ahmed Masri — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:12:53 +0000

Science is in the Quran. God literally tells us to think and use our minds to understand and learn.

also.. if anyone wants to know why we should not eat pig.. look up how a pigs digestive system handles uric acid.

By: Rasha*

Rasha* — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:15:22 +0000

This is a post worth reading.
Why do diseases keep finding stronger shapes?
Why, While Man keeps finding drugs and cures for other diseases?
It’s like good and evil…it’s a cycle of life…tests we go through…
Believing in Allah is a bliss, I think.
Yet, In my humble opinion, people who choose not to believe in god do so because following any religion puts some kind or another of restraints to human free will…and some people find it easier to deny a higher power so they wouldn’t have to give up theirs!
Brian, I admire how you see faith.
And last, faith and god can be seen, touched and felt by the HEART…and that’s when the mind offers a million proof.